Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 207: Exciting operation, empty out Texas Instruments!

From frugality to luxury is easy, from luxury to frugality.

In Asan Kingdom, where Williams has been, there are even very few toilets. He spends his days in the woods or doing whatever...

It's so uncomfortable.

But Xia Kingdom is different. The city is clean and tidy, and the infrastructure is high-end. It feels better than the empire.

Moreover, Xia's consumption is low, but the income Wang Yi gives him is higher than that of the empire!

There is no way, this kind of semiconductor giant cannot be hired without a salary increase.

With a high income that exceeds that of the empire, and enjoying the low consumption of Xia Kingdom, the happiness index has gone up to several levels!

As a human being, Williams instantly weighed the pros and cons:

"Boss, I came to the Imperial Capital to watch the Olympics in 08, and I was deeply attracted by its cleanliness, neatness, modernity, and historical heritage. It is an honor for me to live and work in the Imperial Capital now!"

"That's great!"

Wang Yi smiled slightly, things went much smoother than he imagined.

I originally thought that it would be difficult, or even very difficult, for these Texas Instruments semiconductor giants to work in China.

But I didn’t expect that it would go so smoothly!

"Boss, I will persuade several technical elites as soon as possible to go to Xia Kingdom and join Xingyi Technology!"

"Then I look forward to good news from you!"

Afterwards, the two parties chatted in some more details before they dispersed.

With Williams and other semiconductor giants from Texas Instruments, and Wang Yi recruiting some semiconductor talents in the country, Xingyi Semiconductor will be there.

If funds are invested again, if everything goes well, the self-developed chips will be almost ready to be produced in more than a year.

In fact, this is how Apple’s A-series processors came about!

In 2008, Apple secretly acquired a small chip company, more than 150 semiconductor talents, and poached another industry leader.

Just over a year later, the A2010 processor was launched in January 1.

However, the A4 processor is a modified Samsung S5PC110 (Hummingbird) processor, which has poor performance and has become a laughing stock.

But Apple was not discouraged and acquired another chip company, adding more than 100 semiconductor talents.

In less than a year, the A2011 processor was launched in early 5!

However, this time it is not a magical modification of Samsung, but a self-designed dual-core processor based on ARM's Cortex-A9 public version architecture, which is very successful.

In the previous life, after A5, Apple processors would continue to advance rapidly and stabilize the entire Android camp...

With Apple's lessons learned, Wang Yi will not make any detours.

Directly recruit experts from Texas Instruments and recruit top semiconductor talents...

Then purchase the Arm license and conduct independent research and development based on the ARM public version architecture...

In fact, not only Apple, Qualcomm, HiSilicon, Samsung, MediaTek, etc., all successful mobile chips are developed based on the ARM architecture!

To put it bluntly, the ARM architecture is the absolute overlord of mobile chips and is the foundation!

Even many years later, the so-called independent research and development architectures of Apple and Qualcomm are still based on the ARM architecture for secondary development.

Just like the Android system, Ubuntu system, etc., they are all based on secondary development of Linux.

Wang Yi will not take any detours and directly buy a license to develop his own chips based on the ARM architecture.

When we become stronger in the future, we will develop our own architecture based on ARM!

The food is eaten in one bite.

In this case, the purchase of the ARMV8 license must be arranged together.

The ARMV8 architecture was just launched this year and is also the most advanced. Even if V8.1 and V8.2 are slightly modified in a few years, the gap will not be big.

The new V2022 architecture will not be launched until 9.

It can be said that the V8 architecture can be used for more than ten years.

Wang Yi plans to talk to ARM and buy out the permanent license in one go.

In this way, even if he is banned by the empire later, he will not be afraid of cutting off his confession.

This is what Huawei did in the previous life, directly buying a permanent license for ARMV8.

Now Wang Yi wants to do the same, but it's hard to say what price can be negotiated.

But in 2011, V8 was just released, and Wang Yi bought it in one go, which should be at a low price.

After all, smartphones have just started, mobile chips are small, and ARM licensing fees are still very cheap.

A few years later, when smartphones exploded and mobile chips exploded, licensing fees would skyrocket.

Apple, for example, took advantage of the current low prices and signed licensing fees for decades.

A chip only costs ARM 30 cents, which is less than two yuan.

Even if Apple sells 2 million mobile phones a year in ten years, it will only need to pay ARM a licensing fee of US$0.6 million.

ARM was so angry that it regretted it. It wanted to renegotiate the price many times and wanted to increase the price. However, the license fee was directly signed to 2040...

Wang Yi plans to play a more ruthless game and buy it out in one go!

Back at TI, Williams called his confidants into his office.

A young technical elite, although not very old, has excellent skills:

"George, have you heard about the closure of the mobile chip department?"

George frowned slightly: "Boss, are you here to talk to me about layoffs? I don't want to lose my job!"

"The company is already planning layoffs, and the first batch of layoff lists are coming out soon. Not only do you have to be laid off, but I also have to be laid off. The entire department is gone."

"Even you have to get out of class!" George's expression changed drastically: "Then what should we do? It's hard to find a job in semiconductors now! Qualcomm and Nvidia are both short of people!"

"To be honest, I found a new owner, but I have to go to Xia Kingdom."

"Xia Guo? Is he the tycoon with 30 million chips, the mysterious Eastern giant?"

George's eyes widened: "Boss, you have to take me with you, and I will jump ship with you."

"You have to think carefully. Your salary will not be reduced if you change jobs, but you will have to work in the Xia Kingdom's imperial capital..."

"Xia Kingdom Imperial Capital, no problem! I like the food there and the Kung Fu. Tou, I'll follow you!"

Williams nodded with satisfaction: "Don't make this matter public, let's proceed slowly. In this way, if you make a mistake in the afternoon, I will arrange personnel to lay you off. After you get the compensation, go to Xia Guo and join the new company immediately. The treatment is the same as here, and you don’t have to worry about being laid off and unable to find a job! The compensation is also received!”

"Okay, no problem! This plan is perfect! It's seamless!"

George was overjoyed, this arrangement was so satisfying.

Not only can I receive layoff compensation from Texas Instruments, but I can also directly find a new job without reducing my salary. It’s perfect.

But his colleagues were in dire straits. There were massive layoffs a year ago. They couldn't find a new job and were directly unemployed...

Relying on compensation won't last long.

After all, their income is not as high as that of directors like Williams, and their consumption is not low. In addition, they have only been working for a few years and have no savings at all.

The West is all about advanced consumption and debt consumption...

Subsequently, Williams selected some capable young R&D elites, discussed and arranged them one by one.